Young People Must Be Willing to Question Narratives That Fuel Conflict
“Young people must be willing to question narratives that fuel conflict and instead create and amplify messages that promote unity and understanding.”
Read piece“Young people must be willing to question narratives that fuel conflict and instead create and amplify messages that promote unity and understanding.”
Read piece“It was difficult to mentally reconcile that we have the same colour of skin but completely different world views.”
Read piece“I approach the writings not from the angle of wanting to write about northern Nigeria, but from trying to relate a personal experience domiciled in northern Nigeria.”
Read piece“The idea for HIBAF was to provide a space for discourse and conversation around Hausa language and literature in the global literary space.”
Read piece“It was the only time I had the time and space for a long three months, just for my writing.”
Read piece“Kaduna is not just a city but a conglomerate of many. You can’t write Kaduna. It writes itself.”
Read piece“I stopped writing Kaduna, but rather allowed Kaduna to write itself.”
Read piece“We need to begin to appreciate the works happening in northern Nigeria, rather than always tagging it as an emerging literary space.”
Read piece“I fell in love with writing because it came easily as a means of expressing my inner self—my wants, my thoughts, my beliefs and my passions.”
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